Pick: Elizabeth Cook

by B.J. Huchtemann

Aug. 30
Elizabeth Cook with Tim Carroll
Waiting Room, 6212 Maple St.
9 p.m., $10, waitingroomlounge.com

“When it’s right,” Elizabeth Cook says in her bio about writing and performing, “it comes together and makes a glow in my soul, so intense it pierces a hot afternoon like a hissing firecracker.” She is a fine writer, so far best known for her co-write with Melinda Schneider on “Sometimes It Takes Balls to...

Pick: Yeasayer

by Chris Aponick

Aug. 25th
Yeasayer w/ Daughn Gibson
The Slowdown, 729 North 14th St.
9 p.m., $20 in advance/$23 day-of-show, onepercentproductions.com

Led by the core trio or Chris Keating, Ira Wolf Tuton and Anand Wilder, Yeasayer came to attention while on tour with MGMT, just as MGMT blew up. While Yeasayer has yet to experience those highs, their fanbase has steadily grown since their 2007 start. Just when Yeasayer's...

Pick: Her Flyaway Manner

by Chris Aponick

August 24
Her Flyaway Manner w/ Dim Light and Dead Wave
Brothers Lounge, 3812 Farnam St.
10 p.m., $5 at the door

Lincoln band Her Flyaway Manner will celebrate the release of their first album in a decade at Brothers Lounge. An Ethology of Me is the band's follow-up to 2001's A Rotation of Thoughts and Themes. The band, a trio consisting of guitarist/singer Brendan McGinn, drummer Boz Hicks and bassist Adam J...

FASH FLOOD

by Sarah Lorsung Tvrdik

Traver Rains Meet & Greet

Formerly of infamous fashion house Heatherette, designer Traver Rains will be in town on Friday, August 24^th for a meet and greet with local fashion fans. During his time with the infamous label, Rains dressed everyone from Madonna to Naomi Campbell and Gwen Stefani. The designer also appeared on America’s Next Top Model and Project Runway as a guest judge, and presented at New York...

WOW! Playhouse Opening Exceeds All Expectations

by Warren Francke

I couldn’t bear to leave the Omaha Community Playhouse after seeing August: Osage County. I was eager as a giddy school girl to celebrate the brilliance of an epic script and performances so powerful I grieved for those who didn’t find a place in director Amy Lane’s “dream team” cast.

Never have I expected so much from an award-winning drama and yet found it exceeding the highest expectations. It has been...

Pick: UNO Art Gallery Fundraiser/Opening

by Sally Deskins

August 23, 24
UNO Art Gallery Fundraiser/Openings
University of Nebraska-Omaha Art Gallery, Weber Fine Arts Building, 6001 Dodge St.
Bethsaida Preview Fund-raiser: Thursday, Aug. 23, 6 - 9 p.m. (call 554.3108 for tickets); Opening Reception: Friday, Aug. 24, 4:30 – 7 p.m. (free)
Unomaha.edu; 554.2796

UNO Art Gallery begins the academic year with two exhibitions: "Avery Mazor: Text Messages and Other Works"...

Pick: Beehive

by Paul Clark

August 18-19
Beehive
The Waiting Room Lounge
6212 Maple St.
Aug. 18, 2 p.m., Aug. 19, 2 p.m. and 6 p.m., $35

Performing Artists Repertory theatre is a non-profit company that was established in July, 2010 by Gordon Cantiello. It was established to share the art of theatre by producing plays and musicals for audiences of diverse ages and cultures. Beehive, a musical celebration of the 1960's, certainly fits...